Men of the time ... or Sketches of living notables, Volume 21856 |
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Page 26 - Allies in 1814] had concentrated on one spot, was one young man, who had watched with intense interest the progress of the war from his earliest years, and who having hurried from his paternal roof in Edinburgh on the first cessation of hostilities, then conceived the first idea of narrating it-s events, and amidst its wonders inhaled that ardent spirit, that deep enthusiasm, which, sustaining him through fifteen subsequent years of travelling and study, and fifteen more of composition, has at length...
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Page 32 - Spain, and his father served with considerable distinction in the Spanish army. Arista at an early age manifested a strong predilection for a military life. Entering the army when a mere boy, he rose gradually to the rank which he now holds, having served with distinction in the war with the United States. In 1848 he was appointed Minister of War; and in 1850 was elected to the presidency by a very large majority, to which office he was inaugurated in January 1831.
Page 484 - Philosophy?- and now writing a Life of Goethe, a task for which he must be as unfit as irreligion and sparkling shallowness can make him. But he told stories admirably, and was allowed sometimes to interrupt Carlyle a little, of which one was glad...